Mapped: The Number of Farms in Each U.S. State

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Mapped: The Number of Farms in Each U.S. State

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Key Takeaways
  • With 1.88 million farms across all of America, Texas has the most of any state at 231,000.
  • Many of Texas’ farms are ranch-style operations, focused on cattle and hay, which tend to be smaller and thus more numerous than large single crop farms.
  • In terms of farmland, Texas still leads with 125 million acres, followed by Montana (57.4 million acres) and Kansas (44.8 million acres).

    • Today, the average farm in America stands at 466 acres, but there is wide variation across states.

    In Rhode Island, the average size is 60 acres—but this jumps to 2,743 in Wyoming. Not only does this highlight the dominance of big farms, but how state economies and different types of agricultural production influence the size and scale of farmland.

    This graphic shows farm counts by state, using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

    Texas Has More Farms Than Any Other State

    In the table below, we show the total number of farms in each state in 2024:

    StateNumber of Farms
    Texas231,000
    Iowa86,700
    Missouri85,700
    Ohio74,000
    Illinois70,000
    Oklahoma70,000
    Kentucky69,100
    Minnesota65,300
    Tennessee62,900
    California62,500
    Wisconsin58,200
    Kansas55,500
    Indiana52,000
    Pennsylvania48,800
    Florida44,400
    Nebraska44,300
    Michigan44,000
    North Carolina42,100
    Virginia39,000
    Georgia38,300
    Arkansas37,200
    Alabama37,100
    Oregon35,500
    Colorado35,000
    Washington31,800
    Mississippi30,800
    New York30,500
    South Dakota28,300
    North Dakota24,800
    Louisiana24,600
    Montana23,800
    South Carolina22,600
    West Virginia22,600
    Idaho22,500
    New Mexico20,800
    Utah17,300
    Arizona15,100
    Maryland12,600
    Wyoming10,500
    New Jersey9,900
    Maine7,000
    Massachusetts6,900
    Hawaii6,500
    Vermont6,300
    Connecticut4,900
    New Hampshire3,850
    Nevada3,100
    Delaware2,150
    Alaska1,200
    Rhode Island1,000

    With 231,000 farms, Texas has more than double the second-highest state, Iowa.

    Across Texas, 2.3 million people are directly employed in the agricultural industry, largely focused on cattle, hay, milk, and corn. Altogether, the industry drove almost $868 billion in economic output last year.

    In Iowa, farmland covers 84% of the state’s land area—one of the highest nationally. On average, farms are 346 acres in size, with the state being the largest producer of corn and eggs nationally.

    California, meanwhile, is home to 62,500 farms, with dairy production topping $8.6 billion in 2024—the state’s most valuable commodity last year. Additionally, California produces almost 75% of America’s fruits and nuts and over one-third of its vegetables.

    On the other end of the spectrum, Rhode Island has just 1,000 farms given its small land area and high population density. Similarly, Alaska (1,200) and Delaware (2,150) each fall at the bottom of the rankings.

    Learn More on the Voronoi App

    To learn more about this topic, check out this graphic on the share of farmland by state.